06-09-2021, 11:26 AM
(06-09-2021, 10:26 AM)Bjays93 Wrote: I am getting quite concerned about this delta variant. Supposedly every region has reported it now, and i don't know how effective vaccines are against it.
If you look at the UK their numbers are up almost 100% week over week. Its very concerning and our government should be alarmed and working behind the scenes to develop the best possible response to this.
I was reading about an outbreak at a hospital in Hämeenlinna, Finland. They had 57 patients and 42 staff (nurses, doctors and admin staff) infected with COVID-19 Delta. Originally detected in two individuals in two different wards, they retested and found more than 40% of the patients in those wards had been infected. They use full PPE and follow procedures when putting it on and removing it, but it did not prevent the nurses from getting infected. Aerosol infection?
Of the 57 infected patients, 14 were unvaccinated, 41 had one dose and two were fully vaccinated. 14 of the patients died: five unvaccinated, 11 with one dose and one fully vaccinated. (Worthwhile to note here that all of them were already in hospital with some kind of a health issue before becoming infected.) The vaccinated individuals generally had mild symptoms so detection without a PCR test is more difficult -- but they are still able to infect others.
Summa summarum, vaccines still help, and reduce the likelihood of symptoms, but the vaccinations alone will not stop the spread. (As an aside, UK is just under 60% vaccinated, a bit lower than Canada, but has more fully vaccinated people. They have, however, reopened much more aggressively than we have.)